Letter from Hattie to Sarah, March 29, 1879
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Title
Letter from Hattie to Sarah, March 29, 1879
Subject
Future life; Heaven; Bible; Hymns; Home; Christianity
Description
Harriet reminisces with her sister Sarah about the last time she was home. She tells her about the different hymns, sermons, and Bible verses that the family has been reading lately. In the last letter that was sent to her, they included pictures that Harriet is fond of. She talks about how the family will always be close and will be reunited in heaven.
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Noyes, Harriet Newell
Source
The College of Wooster, Special Collections, Noyes Collection, Box #2
Publisher
Unpublished
Date
1879-03-29
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eng (English)
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noyes_c_cor_194
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Canton China
March 29th '79.
My dear Sarah,
I wrote a letter to you
yesterday but did not write
half enough so I will add
some more to-day. How I wish
I could have a nice visit with
you. Almost a year and a
half has passed since that
beautiful moonlight night that
we parted at Elyria. The years
go quickly no matter what they
bring to us and fifty years
hence it will matter little whether
they have brought us good or ill.
"Only to know the way I've trod
Gloomy or gladdened leads to God."
The hymn What will it matter bye & bye
that you marked in the book
that Clara sent me has been a
favorite of mine for years. I
have carried a copy cut from a
newspaper in my Bible, for a long
time. One day in the S.S. Class when
I was at home [?Nellie?] Elliott used my
bible and opened to that & read
it, & asked if it expressed my feelings.
It does most fully, I was glad
that you all marked pieces you
may have for mine "What shall
Thine Afterward be". Mr Henry
has just had a copy of Gospel
Sings No 3 sent him but it
does not seem to be very good.
I wish another would come
out equal to No 1. When
you get these letters it will be
May, the time for the leaves
to come out. In the book of
Cleveland [?views?] that Edward
sent to Mattie there is such a
good view of the depot and I
think every time I look at it of
the morning of the 17th of
May. Three years ago when
we found You and Clara
waiting for us there I always
feel so thankful that
notwithstanding all the shadows
that came before and after
the memory of that day always
seems bringt and unalloyed
Tell Clara that that picture
also brings to mind the day
when we sat together up on
the hill and looked out over
Lake Erie. If there should
be a general change in the
Deaf & Dumb Inst I hope
you will go home and take
a [u]good long rest[/u] I am
sure you must need it very
much you have worked
away so long. It always seems
so nice to think that we have
the hope that as long as any of
us live we will have the dear
old "home on the hill" to
go back to, and as long as
any of us live we will be sure
of as many hearts that will
be true to us under all
circumstances as there are in
the home circle, and if the
circle as the years go by grows
smaller & smaller here the
links that bind us together
will never be broken, and
bye & bye it will be complete
again in the many mansions
of our Father's house. How
pleasant it is to think that
all the annoyances of this life
will be left behind us bye & bye
but as Mattie Orr said it seems
as though it would be nice to
have a little bit of a good time
here. Still I always feel
that for myself I have had
a good many pleasant years
perhaps my share, [u]and[/u] if it
is to be so I can [u]wait[/u] for the
light of the evening time.
I often think of J M Reid the
shadows seemed to follow him
clear down to death's door,
but he found it light on
the other side, and what
a kind Providence it was that
took him from the darkness
of this life to the sunshine of eternity.
[Note: Concludes vertically on page one]
Give ever so
much love to
dear Cousins Gilbert
& Mary & Aunt Fay
and the children.
It was so nice
for you to give
Father & Mother
that carriage &
that it suited
them so well.
I hope we
shall ride in
it some day
together.
Ever your loving,
[u]Hattie[/u]
中国广州
1879 年 3 月 29 日。
亲爱的莎拉，
我昨天给你写了一封信，
但写的还不够，
所以我今天再补充一些。
我多么希望能和你有一个愉快的访问。
距离我们在伊利里亚分手的那个美丽的月光之夜已经过去了将近一年半。
无论它们给我们带来什么，
岁月都过得很快，
五十年后，
它们给我们带来的是好是坏都无关紧要了。
“只知道我踩过阴沉或高兴的方式通往上帝。
”多年来，
你在克拉拉寄给我的书中标记的赞美诗《再见与再见》一直是我的最爱。
很长一段时间以来，
我一直在我的圣经中随身携带一份从报纸上剪下来的副本。
一天在安息日学课上，
当我在家时，
Nellie Elliott 用我的圣经打开并阅读它，
并问它是否表达了我的感受。
它做得最充分，
我很高兴你们都为我的作品标记了“你以后会是什么”。
亨利先生刚刚收到了一本传给他的《福音歌唱 3》，
但它似乎不是很好。
我希望另一个结果等于第一。
当你收到这些信时，
那是五月，
叶子出来的时候。
在爱德华寄给马蒂的克利夫兰观点书中，
有一个很好的仓库景观，
我想每次看到它都是在 5 月 17 日早上。
三年前，
当我们发现你和克拉拉在那里等着我们时，
我总是很感激，
尽管那一天的记忆前后出现了所有的阴影，
但总是显得明亮而纯洁。
告诉克拉拉，
那张照片也让我想起了那一天我们一起坐在山上，
眺望伊利湖。
如果聋哑研究所要发生大的变化，
我希望你回家好好休息一下，
我相信你一定非常需要它，
你已经工作了这么久。
想到我们总是希望只要我们中的任何一个人活着，
我们就会有亲爱的老“山上的家”可以回到，
而且只要我们中的任何人活着，
我们就会确信在任何情况下对我们都忠贞不二的心，
就像在家庭圈子里一样，
如果这个圈子随着岁月的流逝在这里变得越来越小，
那么将我们联系在一起的纽带将永远不会被打破，
再见了将在我们父家的许多豪宅中再次完成。
想到今生所有的烦恼都将抛诸脑后，
这是多么令人愉快，
但正如马蒂奥尔所说，
在这里度过一点美好时光似乎很不错。
尽管如此，
我总觉得对自己来说，
我已经度过了许多愉快的岁月，
也许是我的一部分，
如果是这样的话，
我可以等待黄昏的曙光。
我经常想起 J M Reid，
阴影似乎跟着他走到了死亡之门，
但他发现它的另一边是光明的，
是一种多么仁慈的天意，
把他从今生的黑暗带到了永恒的阳光。
[注：在第一页垂直结束] 永远爱我亲爱的表兄弟吉尔伯特、玛丽、费阿姨和孩子们。
你给父亲和母亲那辆马车真是太好了，
而且它非常适合他们。
我希望有一天我们能一起骑车。
永远是你的爱人，
海蒂
March 29th '79.
My dear Sarah,
I wrote a letter to you
yesterday but did not write
half enough so I will add
some more to-day. How I wish
I could have a nice visit with
you. Almost a year and a
half has passed since that
beautiful moonlight night that
we parted at Elyria. The years
go quickly no matter what they
bring to us and fifty years
hence it will matter little whether
they have brought us good or ill.
"Only to know the way I've trod
Gloomy or gladdened leads to God."
The hymn What will it matter bye & bye
that you marked in the book
that Clara sent me has been a
favorite of mine for years. I
have carried a copy cut from a
newspaper in my Bible, for a long
time. One day in the S.S. Class when
I was at home [?Nellie?] Elliott used my
bible and opened to that & read
it, & asked if it expressed my feelings.
It does most fully, I was glad
that you all marked pieces you
may have for mine "What shall
Thine Afterward be". Mr Henry
has just had a copy of Gospel
Sings No 3 sent him but it
does not seem to be very good.
I wish another would come
out equal to No 1. When
you get these letters it will be
May, the time for the leaves
to come out. In the book of
Cleveland [?views?] that Edward
sent to Mattie there is such a
good view of the depot and I
think every time I look at it of
the morning of the 17th of
May. Three years ago when
we found You and Clara
waiting for us there I always
feel so thankful that
notwithstanding all the shadows
that came before and after
the memory of that day always
seems bringt and unalloyed
Tell Clara that that picture
also brings to mind the day
when we sat together up on
the hill and looked out over
Lake Erie. If there should
be a general change in the
Deaf & Dumb Inst I hope
you will go home and take
a [u]good long rest[/u] I am
sure you must need it very
much you have worked
away so long. It always seems
so nice to think that we have
the hope that as long as any of
us live we will have the dear
old "home on the hill" to
go back to, and as long as
any of us live we will be sure
of as many hearts that will
be true to us under all
circumstances as there are in
the home circle, and if the
circle as the years go by grows
smaller & smaller here the
links that bind us together
will never be broken, and
bye & bye it will be complete
again in the many mansions
of our Father's house. How
pleasant it is to think that
all the annoyances of this life
will be left behind us bye & bye
but as Mattie Orr said it seems
as though it would be nice to
have a little bit of a good time
here. Still I always feel
that for myself I have had
a good many pleasant years
perhaps my share, [u]and[/u] if it
is to be so I can [u]wait[/u] for the
light of the evening time.
I often think of J M Reid the
shadows seemed to follow him
clear down to death's door,
but he found it light on
the other side, and what
a kind Providence it was that
took him from the darkness
of this life to the sunshine of eternity.
[Note: Concludes vertically on page one]
Give ever so
much love to
dear Cousins Gilbert
& Mary & Aunt Fay
and the children.
It was so nice
for you to give
Father & Mother
that carriage &
that it suited
them so well.
I hope we
shall ride in
it some day
together.
Ever your loving,
[u]Hattie[/u]
中国广州
1879 年 3 月 29 日。
亲爱的莎拉，
我昨天给你写了一封信，
但写的还不够，
所以我今天再补充一些。
我多么希望能和你有一个愉快的访问。
距离我们在伊利里亚分手的那个美丽的月光之夜已经过去了将近一年半。
无论它们给我们带来什么，
岁月都过得很快，
五十年后，
它们给我们带来的是好是坏都无关紧要了。
“只知道我踩过阴沉或高兴的方式通往上帝。
”多年来，
你在克拉拉寄给我的书中标记的赞美诗《再见与再见》一直是我的最爱。
很长一段时间以来，
我一直在我的圣经中随身携带一份从报纸上剪下来的副本。
一天在安息日学课上，
当我在家时，
Nellie Elliott 用我的圣经打开并阅读它，
并问它是否表达了我的感受。
它做得最充分，
我很高兴你们都为我的作品标记了“你以后会是什么”。
亨利先生刚刚收到了一本传给他的《福音歌唱 3》，
但它似乎不是很好。
我希望另一个结果等于第一。
当你收到这些信时，
那是五月，
叶子出来的时候。
在爱德华寄给马蒂的克利夫兰观点书中，
有一个很好的仓库景观，
我想每次看到它都是在 5 月 17 日早上。
三年前，
当我们发现你和克拉拉在那里等着我们时，
我总是很感激，
尽管那一天的记忆前后出现了所有的阴影，
但总是显得明亮而纯洁。
告诉克拉拉，
那张照片也让我想起了那一天我们一起坐在山上，
眺望伊利湖。
如果聋哑研究所要发生大的变化，
我希望你回家好好休息一下，
我相信你一定非常需要它，
你已经工作了这么久。
想到我们总是希望只要我们中的任何一个人活着，
我们就会有亲爱的老“山上的家”可以回到，
而且只要我们中的任何人活着，
我们就会确信在任何情况下对我们都忠贞不二的心，
就像在家庭圈子里一样，
如果这个圈子随着岁月的流逝在这里变得越来越小，
那么将我们联系在一起的纽带将永远不会被打破，
再见了将在我们父家的许多豪宅中再次完成。
想到今生所有的烦恼都将抛诸脑后，
这是多么令人愉快，
但正如马蒂奥尔所说，
在这里度过一点美好时光似乎很不错。
尽管如此，
我总觉得对自己来说，
我已经度过了许多愉快的岁月，
也许是我的一部分，
如果是这样的话，
我可以等待黄昏的曙光。
我经常想起 J M Reid，
阴影似乎跟着他走到了死亡之门，
但他发现它的另一边是光明的，
是一种多么仁慈的天意，
把他从今生的黑暗带到了永恒的阳光。
[注：在第一页垂直结束] 永远爱我亲爱的表兄弟吉尔伯特、玛丽、费阿姨和孩子们。
你给父亲和母亲那辆马车真是太好了，
而且它非常适合他们。
我希望有一天我们能一起骑车。
永远是你的爱人，
海蒂
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Noyes, Harriet Newell, “Letter from Hattie to Sarah, March 29, 1879,” Letters from Harriet Noyes: Missionaries and Women's Education in Nineteenth Century China, accessed November 21, 2024, https://noyesletters.org/items/show/250.